S-27 flip in Key West

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11-08-2019, 09:17 PM

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Made it into the Yahoo news ticker reel...

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11-08-2019, 11:15 PM

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11-08-2019, 11:17 PM

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11-09-2019, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by douglasmarine28

I watched it again and you are right. It was the bottle. Yikes! That had to hit hard and now everyone needs to look at how secure their air tanks are. I'm glad they are ok and got them out of the KW waters quickly with that much blood in the water.

Looking back I remember to the mid 90's an air bottle came loose in a Top fuel Hydro 1/4 mile dragboat crash and beat the driver to his death. Granted that crash was at a much greater speed,but I think everyone here gets the drift …………………………...………...Robertjr

11-09-2019, 11:58 AM

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Wow! What did his leg hit to cause it to bleed so much and quickly?

the dash, watch his legs go up, then the bottle comes up.. id be adding some padding on the edges of the dash.. hopefully it will never happen again.

11-09-2019, 12:47 PM

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He chopped the throttles as soon as she started coming up but too late, damn, hell of a ride. Glad everyone is ok.

11-09-2019, 05:29 PM

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He chopped the throttles as soon as she started coming up but too late, damn, hell of a ride. Glad everyone is ok.

when you cut the throttle, it's like braking in the back causing the stern to go down and bow up = flip. A cat you first trim down. At their defence those cats don't warn you

11-09-2019, 06:44 PM

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Might be a silly question but....
Do drivers have training in a pool (or similar) on how to get out of the boat quickly after capsizing? They appeared to handle the situation like it was an everyday occurrence.
Happy they all got out safely.

RR